August 2010 – The Needle: Berlin

Joseph Pearson 23/08/201023/06/2018

Nazi Victims and Stumbling Blocks to Memory

“A man is first forgotten when his name is forgotten“. So explains Gunter Demnig, the Berliner artist behind the Stolpersteine,

Berlin History

Joseph Pearson 20/08/201023/06/2018

Swimming in the Past: Stadtbad Neukölln

Berliners are not nostalgic. There is public outcry when architects propose to build in a nostalgic style (the re-construction of

Berlin History

Joseph Pearson 07/08/201023/06/2018

Rape and the Red Army: Sportpalast-Bunker

‘One of them grabs my wrists and jerks me along the corridor. Then the other is pulling as

Joseph Pearson is a writer and historian based in Berlin. His non-fiction portrait of Berlin was published in 2017. He published a second book, My Grandfather’s Knife, about how everyday objects tell World War Two stories, in 2022. His writing has appeared widely in the press, literary and academic journals, and has been translated into German, Italian, French, Arabic, and other languages. Born in Canada, he was educated at Cambridge University, UK, where he received his doctorate in history in 2001. He works at New York University, Berlin, and at the Barenboim-Said Akademie. Since 2008, he has written The Needle, which has become one of Berlin’s most popular blogs. For professional inquiries please contact his agency, Peters Fraser Dunlop, email him directly joseph [AT] cantab.net, or visit his professional website: josephpearson.ca